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happy 10/10 for those who celebrate @ @cz_

i've been farming points on variational so i've been manually rebalancing my portfolio each morning (i know i can automate it but it literally takes me 5-8mins each morning).
built this simple dashboard where i just import a screenshot of my portfolio page and claude takes care of filling in my current allocations, etc.
but the interesting thing is that by trading manually, i've been learning a few things about my systems that i wouldn't when i execute automatically every day.
certain details like why am I taking this position on this asset? why am I exiting a position yesterday, and re-openin

Mulvaney having a blast these past 6 years

i sometimes wanna quit twitter as most time is just -EV
but tbh its the only place i can come to and legitimately feel like im falling behind sometimes
thats good, that pushes me forward, keeps me from falling off
just less entertainment, more self discipline i guess

there's a beauty to a family run restaurant that we miss in commercial places
old family photos hanging on the fridge, random decor, but each piece coming together to tell a story about it
+ just amazing food
might not be maxx profit optimized but there's a purity to the art

breaking the routine of hating on trading, i do think that we are going through some of the best times for a solo trader with experience, and one day we'll think about now as the golden ages of systematic trading
before there were always 2 constraints that I had to deal with:
a) limited bandwidth on what i could work on
b) limited capital
capital will continue to be a constraint right, you cant just spawn $10M to monetize your operation (unless you have a lot of alpha and can get capital from anyone)
but what you can do today is spawn fairly cost efficient agents to do the boring stuff, like c

holidays help me clear the mind , see things clearer by removing the fog of when I am in too deep in the weeds.
I have a bunch of new ideas of how to proceed with my business and I do think some of them have the potential of materially boost efficiency.
holidays are ending, but excited to get a lot of these things into prod and see if they have merits.
winter is coming, the season to be locked in at the office.

. @netflix must one of the largest slop factories right now
industrializing slop
every time I watch a show that Netflix directed or touched the thought of permanently shorting this crap comes to mind
but the masses love the slop and yearn for it, that's who they build it for

few months for end of tax year need to start thinking on cash management for corporate taxes
in PT you have to advance 80%-95% of the previous year tax (2026 in this case) during the following year
so double the tax im going to pay this year
yeh it deducts the following year from profits, but it's still cash off the door that isn't in the portfolio
an abnormal profit year needs careful cash thinking.
can't go cry to the overlords when you lose it all in january

it's a lovely thing when CT comes together to expose a grift
thanks @beniduboss

best advice I ever got about making it in trading
buy low sell high
ain't that deep

lately everything feels like a rush to me. constant urgency of needing to get this thing done ASAP because of xyz . every day is the same. wake up, do the next thing. need to slow down a bit. take some vacation. i am an europoorean anyways, we need vacations every 7 weeks.

watching a show , suddenly have an idea , open chatgpt app, send command to codex app on desktop (using astra) to build the sketch and give me the data
don't even have to get off my couch
and the output is pretty accurate for a simple initial sketch
what a time to be alive